OSCE Secretary General to visit Washington D.C.

Vienna – 24 July 2023 – OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid will visit Washington D.C. from 24 to 26 July for meetings with high-level government officials, legislators and civil society.

Secretary General Schmid will meet with Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and senior officials at the State Department and the National Security Council. She will also meet with members of the Helsinki Commission.

On Wednesday, 26 July at 11:00 (EDT), she will speak at an event hosted by the Wilson Center titled ‘The Current Challenges and Future of OSCE: A Conversation with OSCE Secretary General Helga Schmid’.

During the event, the Secretary General will address the challenges facing the OSCE as well as the Organization’s role in European and Eurasian security. The discussion will be chaired by Ambassador Philip Reeker, Chair of the Wilson Center’s Global Europe Program.

Full details, including registration, can be found on the following page: Wilson Center